Appreciate the love for Jeanty, he is that dude. Not splitting time with Holani this season he has set himself a goal of 2,500 all purpose yards this season and im stoked to see how close he gets 🤙 deservedly #1 on this list he is one of the best RB's in the entire country g5 or p5
When talking about libertys rb you said competition doesn’t necessarily matter… then you rank the Memphis guy 2nd who had mediocre stats at South Carolina… stop it. Move ismail mahdi up.
I said that lack of competition shouldn’t take away from the fact the two Liberty guys are incredibly talented - Mario Anderson played an SEC schedule and was his team’s leading rusher Move Mahdi up ahead of who?? He’s top 5! Lol
Marquez Cooper SDSU- (Transfer from Ball State is re-united with Sean Lewis 1st year head coach at SDSU). His 3,856 career rushing yards make him the current active rushing leader in NCAA.
Mario is going to light it up. Sutton Smith can make you miss in a phone both. Memphis is set at running back. Time to do the receivers now. Roc Taylor anyone?
I was not expecting memphis to have a top 5 RB, but I sure am expecting Roc to be top 5! It's so exciting to have your quarterback and wide receiver both stay and not transfer out.
unless you are Notre Dame being a independent or not in power 5 or power 4 will keep you out of college football playoff and it a shame because during 2017 season i thought central Florida university could have played with anybody in the country
I'm looking forward to seeing Ta'ron Keith, the USF transfer. He looks to be a stud pass catching threat out of the backfield. He probably won't be running that much with Nay'Quan Wright still there.
The travel costs for the AAC members who would join a far west centered conference would make the move financially unwise. Think of the cost for travel for all the non revenue sports teams.
I could see a possible scenario where OSU and Wsu wind up P4. Let's assume FSU and Clemson leave for the P2. Then the other ACC members vote to disband the ACC thus avoiding exit/ MR fees. The ACC schools that fail to find a P2 home - BC, Sry, WF , plus let's say two more from GT, NCS, Duke, Virginia,VT, Pitt, Louisville . 5 of these schools plus Sanford, Cal. And Smu would give you a 10 team conference with 5 East Division and 5 West Division. They could then negotiate a TV deal that couldn't be any worse then what they have now.
Seth Hennigan had opportunities to go to big name schools in the south eastern United States...ehem. I'm an alum of one of those schools that has QB issues. I know they reached out to Hennigan. I would have been overjoyed had he transferred there...but alas he remained loyal to Memphis. Got to give him props. Good QB and a good person.
I watched this video when it first came out and I forgot to put a comment in then so I apologize. And unfortunately, some of your data is a bit old and inaccurate. But regardless of that, the best option in terms of the Pac-12's financial future is to absorb the Mountain West under the Pac-12 umbrella. I would suggest adding UTSA and North Texas to get shares of the San Antonio and Dallas metroplex markets. And try to grab Gonzaga to help out the conference since Hawaii is a football only member. You minimize travel for your athletes. Why spend tons of money to bring in other schools into this conference when there is a strong possibility you could be in a power conference around 2031? Spend the money on yourselves and put yourself in great position for a future power conference invite.
Rebuilding the Pac is the only option. Start with Oregon State and Washington State, add Boise State, Fresno State, San Diego State, UNLV, Tulane and Memphis to get to 8 teams. That's already way better than any other G5 conference. Then add San Jose State, Colorado State, Rice and North Texas for TV and recruiting footprint, and 12 teams. Pick up New Mexico State, UTSA, Air Force and Louisiana for some additional football strength, and 16 teams (all west of the Mississippi, except Memphis and Tulane which are on the river.) Finally, add an East Coast division with Liberty, James Madison, Appalachian State and USF (or Coastal Carolina if the ACC nabs USF first). That league would dominate the G5, earn 2 to 3x what any G5 conference does now in TV rights (around half of the Big12/ACC level), and rake in football and basketball tournament money every year. It's a no-brainer.
Merging with the MWC is a non-starter. It leaves way too much money on the table. The MWC TV deal is around 5M a year, and their odds of getting the lone G5 automatic playoff bid are slim. The Pac2 should instead rebuild the Pac with the best G5 programs nationally. They could get 2 to 3 times the TV deal, pretty much lock up a football playoff bid every year, and pick up more basketball tournament revenue as well.
I feel from the start that California & Stanford made a huge mistake defecting to the ACC. There now in a worse spot because (when) Florida State & Clemson leave, they ironically become the best schools there and on top of that they have to travel all the way across the country back and forth to go against opposition that might not be an improvement over the Mountain West teams; yet alone Oregon State and Washington State. I’m certain they both don’t want to pay another million dollar+ incentive fee to go back to the Pac-whatever and thus have to be stuck there because of whatever their agreement was with the ACC to join in the first place.
Dude, your research 🧐 & numbers are spot on 💯🙌. You also made cogent points about why having the deepest g5 football 🏈 conference in terms of talent may not be in the best interest of OSU & WSU. MWC is not likely to vote to dissolve unless they get ironclad assurance from the PAC 2 that they’ll all be accepted in the New PAC 12. Prefacing my next comment that I’m an NIU Huskie fan, here are the reasons why NIU would be a fit: 1) played in a recent NY 6 bowl ( orange 🍊) vs FSU 2) Easy flight access into both Chicago O’Hare & Rockford Airports 3) in last 10 years NIU has defeated Nebraska, Iowa, Northwestern, Purdue & MN 4) NIU has also beaten 2 ACC teams on the road the past 3 years. 5) in addition to an on campus stadium 🏟️, NIU has relationships with the City of Chicago and Chicago White Sox. NIU has played at Soldier Field (63K, Bears 🐻) & Guaranteed Rate Field(45k). 6) NIU has a nominal exit fee from the MAC. 7) Adding NIU would give the PAC 2 the ability to consider adding FCS powerhouses SD St, South Dakota, ND St & North Dakota. All of those except SD St have indoor football 🏈 stadiums. SD St & ND St have played in the title game or won FCS championships most seasons over the past 10 years Am not aware of any exit fees for the Mo Valley Football Conference. 8) those additions would give the PAC 2 a total of 7 members. If wanting a 12 team conference, only need to add 5 MWC members who make the best fit. Don’t see Hawaii, SJ St., Wyoming (small state population) UNLV (LV now has the raiders) as being great fits. Would PAC 12 need 2 programs in greater Denver? I wouldn’t think so. Having some Midwestern based programs in PAC 12 could bring it something it has lacked in the past, fans outside of just 1 geographic region. Food for thought
Good point. I think that a new media deal negotiation however requires ratings and markets. This comes from controlling more exclusive rights, not fewer. I see an 8 team league as putting out to sea in a row boat. They need to command a certain displacement for their ship to stay afloat in the NIL world. They will also need a conference recruiting footprint in certain recruiting hotbead states like CA. The PAC Pair need SDSU, Fresno for both recruiting and links to other media markets that matter. Southern CA, Central CA, CO, and whoever they can get in population verve is important. I like the merger, improve your programs with the warchest, and concentrate on putting out a compelling product. That is what media negotiations are about.
DENTON, Texas - The University of Memphis football team earned a wild, come-from-behind road conference win at North Texas on Saturday, 45-42, at DATCU Stadium in Denton, Texas. The Tigers (6-2, 3-1 AAC) took the lead with just 12 seconds remaining on a 38-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Seth Henigan to Joseph Scates.
A couple of corrections: $222m is due the PAC schools within the next 2 years. A total of $275m is due through 2030. And as we saw with the Big XII’s negotiations to poach Cincy, Houston, and UCF from the AAC, exit fees can be paid out over time. Those 3 schools pay the AAC $18m **split up over 14 years.** What’s more, not even Boise State and SDSU want to be part of the Mountain West. Both have tried to leave **twice** in the last 11 years. Reverse merging with the MW would be a disaster for OSU/WSU, especially since there are MW teams that commit less than 1/3 of the money to their athletics budgets that OSU does. Taking the top 3-4 MW teams and probably UTSA, Memphis, & Tulane (and maybe Rice) from the AAC is probably the best way to maximize media value while keeping travel within reason. If an AAC with UNT and Tulsa and FAU in it is worth $7m a year in payout, how much more would Tulane, Memphis, and UTSA make when valued in a conference with Boise State, SDSU, OSU, and WSU? They only have to make, say, $9m a year in media distribution to come out ahead with exit fees factored in, assuming they get a similar deal to leave that Cincy, UCF, and Houston got. Travel would be a somewhat bigger burden, but would still be just 3 time zones compared to all the power congerences’ 4. Even the MW is internally spread over 4 time zones. C-USA, today, with their minimal distribution, is spread over 3. In the past, when teams got left out in realignment, they joined forces with the strongest G5 programs to create a “best of the rest” conference as a launchpad for the top schools to get into the Power realm. That’s what C-USA and the MW did after the SWC collapsed. It’s what the American did after the Big East collapsed, too. And it worked. It’s how everyone from Louisville to Utah to TCU to Houston to SMU got into the upper level of FBS. If OSU/WSU can’t get back into a Power conference, it’s what they should do, too. It’s a far better path than having OSU/WSU’s media value offset by SJSU and UNM through a MW reverse merger. Exit fees can be negotiated and paid out over time.
There’s a lot to unpack here First, thank you for watching and commenting. I always appreciate sound, well researched posts But there’s a couple of things that I think you aren’t taking into consideration in regard to your case for a “best of the rest conference” 1. The $1B media deal that the AAC is currently under was agreed to prior to UNT or FAU joining. After they lost Cincy/Houston/UCF, there was a “look in” with ESPN (Mike Aresco mentioned this to me in October and the interview is posted on this channel somewhere). Aresco ultimately chose to value media markets over programs for this last round of expansion which upset a lot of AAC fans who were hoping for better teams opposed to raiding the CUSA. I do not think it’s guaranteed that a rebuilt PAC could garner a more lucrative deal than what the AAC is currently under. And if it could, I don’t know that it would be strong enough to offset travel costs for the programs you mentioned. 2. The SWC situation is incredibly similar but also irrelevant given that it happen during a time when College Football as a whole was still a regional event. Media packages, bowl games, etc. were all regional and that is no longer the case as we all know. 3. The original AAC was composed of teams who were “power conference” teams it was composed of 6 former BE teams w 4 CUSA I believe which is much different than 2 former power teams with 6-8 mid major (or what we you want to call it). The reason the teams to move from G5 to P5 the past decade have come from the AAC is due to the media deal that have allowed those programs to invest in their programs like never before. And I’m not as confident as you are that a rebuilt PAC would get a much bigger deal than what the AAC currently has (I could be wrong) without sacrificing linear coverage. You’ve made some valid points and my inner fan would love to see a best of the rest conference formed out of this - especially if it involves west coast, Texas teams, and those southeastern teams you mentioned. (Forgive any typos/errors as I typed all this on my phone 😳)
@@CollegeUnderdogs Hey thanks for your thoughtful consideration of my post. You also bring up good points (you're more of an expert than I am). As an Oregon State fan, I have thought about this a lot in the last 10 months because... well... what else am I going to do? So I appreciate someone outside my sphere who's willing to provide outside perspective. Thank you. I did have a couple thoughts about your responses above, if you'll indulge me a bit: 1. If the ESPN look-in is going to happen, and AAC teams are likely to get a distribution cut soon, then wouldn't that incentivize teams like Memphis and Tulane - the highest-value AAC brands left (along with USF) to look elsewhere? 2. SDSU, along with OSU & WSU were each set to make $25m a year on the Apple contract less than a year ago. $30m a year with the ESPN offer refused by the bigger brands. 3. Boise State individually makes about twice ($7-8m) what its MW peers make in media distribution, in part because they threatened to leave for the XII back in 2016. Given all of that, I have to believe that Memphis, Tulane, SDSU, and Boise State would make significantly more playing in a league with OSU & WSU than they'd make by staying in their current conferences and playing the SJSU's, FAU's, UNT's, and UNMs of the world (no offense to any of them). Your point about the AAC having been 6 former Big East teams combining with 4 CUSA teams is well taken, but remember that the Big East was also set to take Boise State and SDSU before it collapsed. And by Year 2 of the AAC, that 6/4 BE/CUSA mix had already turned drastically to 4/7. Louisville and Rutgers had already announced their departures for the ACC and Big Ten before the AAC was even officially a thing. So by year 2, the AAC had only 1 school out of 11 that wasn't a G5 member within the decade prior (UConn). Cincy & USF had only been Big East for 8 seasons. Temple had just clawed its way back to the Big East the year before it exploded, after having been kicked out a few years prior. And USF had only been FBS since 2001. At least Tulane used to be SEC at one point. Maybe it's just the orange-tinted glasses, but I really don't see how the AAC would have had that much more to offer in 2013, that a reconstituted PAC with the top MW and AAC teams, wouldn’t have today. But again, I say this as someone, like you, who also thinks it'd be WAY more fun to watch OSU play Tulane and Memphis, than the bottom 2/3rds of the Mountain West. If we can't get into the XII or ACC, that is. So maybe wishful thinking fills in the gaps in reason.
This is good stuff man! I hope you stick around the channel, love these types of comments (I’m not always able to respond but people are reading trust me) And I don’t know if you’re on Twitter/X but Boise States AD seems to be dropping major hints at a rebuilt PAC/best of rest conference (at least not shying away from showing his support for one)…he’s had some interactions with me personally and he followed me today after “liking” my post about a “best of rest” conference funded by private equity Which opens up another can of worms if PE gets involved!!
@@CollegeUnderdogsI saw that you and he interacted! I know Boise State was the source of the promotion/relegation idea that was discussed a few months ago, too. Glad to see folks leaving no stone unturned. I do worry about PE, though. The bills have to come due at some point, firms have to show a quick ROI, and university athletics isn’t built like any other type of business out there. We shall see. And I appreciate the opportunities to interact and talk things out. But I don’t feel entitled to your attention either. You do you. 😊Happy to stick around, though, because you’re thoughtful and represent schools that get unjustly overlooked.
Fair access meant of Zeno. I think he is poised to move up the ladder in ranking. Agree on defense. Also if the O line has improved with the additions and can give him more time, you will see more throws down the field. Good list overall IMHO
USA Today reported two days ago that Nelson was on track to be starter - not saying that to say you’re wrong, just saying that was my source of information on that statement It will really come down to if Nelson is able to grasp Koetter’s playbook enough for Danielson to feel comfortable putting him out there imo
Madson is only ahead cause he has been there longer, Nelson will end up the starter by the end of the summer. The only reason he isn't right now is because he has had like 2-3 months with the playbook, and madson has had 2 and a half years
@@CollegeUnderdogs I think Nelson will end up starting too. It’s just not a lock as a biased Boise State fan I truly believe we have 2 of the top 4 QBs in the MWC and I want too see both them succeed. Maybe one transfers?
The only MW programs you would consider excluding are: Nevada-Reno New Mexico Wyoming For me, it's just Reno, and why not add them anyway. I would add New Mexico State in addition to NM.
Reverse Merger is the way to start. There are only a few marginal programs in the MW and even they have value. The historical under-performers in the MW did well last season which bodes well for the merger. UNLV SJSU Wyoming Airforce All did well in 2023. In fact, I would look at adding Montana, South Dakota State, South Dakota, North Dakota State, and Northern Arizona as well. Maybe North Dakota. The latter are among the very best FCS programs and some are joining FBS soon anyway. Look at that conference geographically. Add a few of the best AAC programs and you have a great conference: Tulane UT-SA Rice UNT Texas State Tulsa Memphis La Tech New Mexico State
Look at how well James Madison & Liberty have done since joining FBS. Those top FCS programs are golden, and they fill out the empty spaces on your footprint map.
I absolutely think you're onto something here. It needs to happen. It's going to happen. When the semi pros go their own way the punlic will lose interest and the rest of amateur College football become College Football aa we've always known it and loved it.
I think this a great idea. There are a couple of concerns though: 1. While I don’t think the CFP would eliminate the G5 access to the playoff, I don’t know how much these teams would want to play a NIT-version of the old playoff model, now for only the 4 G5 teams that didn’t make the playoff. 2. Bowl games for G5 teams (and attendance in general) is already pretty bad, especially in conferences like the MAC or CUSA. Honestly I think it would be better if you rotated hosting rights to each conference and having them be home games and then be a neutral site for the championship game. 3. While I like the idea of the championship game being the weekend before the CFP Title game, I do think it should be at a venue close by to the venue. It takes a long time for grounds and stadium crews to replace turf, signage, amid other things. 4. I still believe that some teams may be disappointed to not make the playoff proper and the top players will still choose to opt out of these games, even if they had a big championship on the line
Nice review, just need video of player while you talk. Awesome job 🤙 I'd like to see a review of hidden gems (non starters) power 5 QBs. Have a great day.
Much appreciated! You know I started to pull clips but didn’t want YT to copyright strike me (that happened to me before on other vids I’ve posted) - but maybe I’ll try again with clips on the next vid like this 💯🤙
If I were the PAC 2 I would reverse merge and create an endowment and live within my means. They will forever be ahead in revenue of the incoming members.
Byrum was the only other QB that was 3000+ yrd passed and almost 1k rushing besides the Heisman winner Jayden Daniels last season. BB is going to be a Heisman contender again.
@CollegeUnderdogs I love his play but also the fact that he stayed at memphis when he could have left. Memphis gave him a shot as a pretty much unknown freshman, And he has remained loyal to them. I think he could have gotten more money, but stayed in memphis. You don't get that every day these days
I think he is too…and the other point I didn’t say on the vid is that it’s year two for Mortensen (last year was his first year as a playcaller and I bet he is even better this year)
Mccloud has figured some things out since his USF/Arizona days but I definitely see the argument (I think the top 6 on this list are pretty interchangeable)
